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From: Children's Bookwatch
Date: 20050401
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Gareth Stevens

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Various writers re-tell the works of major authors in the new Gareth Stevens 'Great American Short Stories series, placing each of them in an unusually easy format to make them accessible to elementary-level readers in grades 4-6. It's refreshing to see a collection for this grade level, which will set the foundation for a later introduction to the complete, unedited work. Each title opens with a brief biography of the author, three re-done selected major short stories, and a ...

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